HASAN BEMAT LEADS CHICAGO UNITED TO WIN PEPSI BASH T20!

  • September 18, 2019

Four years in a row, Chicago United has appeared in the finals of BPL’s Pepsi Bash and won it thrice! In the recently concluded Pepsi Bash T20, 2019 finals , the ‘Men in Red’ of Chicago United (CU) earned the prestigious championship undefeated!
Through out the tourney, CU’s journey to the finals was well challenged by opponent teams. So did the finalist Deccan Mavericks. Putting CU to field, Deccan got to a strong start with the bat. However CU bowling attack lead Ahmed Askari and Altaf Quadri in the first ten overs controlled the runs well under 65 runs. While Kamran Syed and Fahad Babar were very economical with the ball in the next ten overs. Samir Chaudhri (56 in 41) and Wayne Dickson ( 22 in 14) lead the batting charts for Deccan . Ovais (12 in 3) made an impact to put Deccan score at 157.
Going into bat under flood lights, CU openers (Yaseen Sheikh and Kamran Syed) got off to an impressive start. Farhan A picked up both the openers at 52/2 in the 6th over. Najam and Shayan wickets we quickly taken in an over by Moin B to stress the CU batting . However the experienced Fahad Babar (36 in 34) demonstrated his maturity with the bat and stroked the ball around and built a 98 runs fifth wicket partnership along with the dangerous batsman Hasan Bemat
Hasan initially kept the ball to the ground with his classic flicks and drives. Realizing the unusual uncut thick grass, he decided to go arial and basaltic. The man and his willow were a delight to watch as he pumped in 65 runs in 33 balls. He effortlessly and stylishly timed the ball for several straight huge maximums. Skipper Sami M Khan’s batsmen wrapped up with a dominating 6 wickets win in the 18th over .
At the closing ceremony, several awards were given away . The ‘BatSixMan’ for most 6’s went to Samir Chaudhri, Fahad Babar for MVP , Best Bowler to Ali Farooqi and Hasan Bemat for ‘Man of the Match’.
An ICC official Andrew, spoke to the audience and presented the trophies to the runners-up (Deccan Mavericks) and Champions (Chicago United). Indeed a night to remember!
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